Gauff in straights...every time you kind of give up on her, at least being a #1 with many more slams coming her way, she wins another big title...just has to make that serve level better and keep that FH in check and no reason to think she can't do it
Not sure how big this is. Yes, most of the top names were there (although the hottest player on the tour, Anisimova, wasn't, and she DESTROYED Gauff in the last event), but everyone is either on fumes, or doesn't seem to care that much.
Sort of like that YEC she won where half the players were complaining about everything and just wanted to go home.
It was also a classic Gauff draw, playing three weak players to start (Ujima, Zhang, and Siegmund), followed by the tired Paolini and Pegula (both good players, but not Sabalenka or Anisimova level).
whoever was calling the final on Tennis Channel, the male lead (Peter someone) said at one point Pegula must be frustrated having to deal with a junk ball...tried to smooth it over after
Not sure what there was to smooth over. Gauff was indeed playing junk.
Tons of forehand slices, and loopy, soft forehands that Pegula just couldn't really punish.
A further 8 double faults today. Embarrassing state of the tour that players can’t beat a player who’s hitting such high numbers of double faults. She leads the WTA in double faults and has 118 more than the #2 and that’s before the stats are added from Wuhan.
She averages a staggering 6.75 double faults per match. Diabolical stats for the tour.
The WTA is hurting right now. I know both have improved, but it doesn't seem like a coincidence that two players (Paolini and Pegula) who couldn't make a dent on the tour for so many years are now regulars toward the end of big events.
Muchova is another example. Can't stay fit enough to get into any sort of rhythm or form, and yet she can show up and look like a contender for titles.
